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Ford Lover Gone Mad

My Favorite Truck 2005 F-350 Psd 8ft X Blade, Just Traded It Last Night For A 2500hd. I Posted A Thread About A Week Ago About An Equiptment Dealer Blowing My Guage Cluster After Hooking My Beacon To The Uplifter Swithces. Almost 2 Weeks Later Still Can't Ge A New One From Ford. Rep Won't Return Phone Calls To The Dealer, We Can't Find Out When The Part Will Be In. They Say It Is A Nationally Back Ordered Part. What Does That Mean???? I'm Very Fustrated To The Point I Traded It Last Night. The Dealers Have Told Me It Could Take A Month Plus To Get This Part. The Truck Only Has 33,000 Miles On In The Past Two Years It Probably Has Spent An Accumulated 2 Months
In The Dealer For Tranny, Engine, And Now Guage Problems. Is It A Lemon Mabe, But I Have Seen Other People On This Site With Similiar Problems. Every Time It Goes In The Shop It Take A Week Or Two To Get The Parts And Fix It. Would I Loved Anoither Ford Yes, But I Not Up For The Break Downs. It Seems Everytime Something Happens It Is In The Middle Of Winter. My Brother Has Had 2 2500hd's And Hasn't Had Any Problems To Speak Of. We Have Had 2 5500 And Put Over 100,000 Har Dmiles On Them Nad Haven't Had Any Problems. If Gm Parts Are Needed The Usually Show Up Within A Day Or Two. I'm Not Trying To Sart A Ford Vs. Chevy War, But I'm Just Very Frustrated. As I Said Before My 1st Choice Woul;d Be A F-350 But I'm Not Up For The Trips To The Dealer Or The Wait For The Parts.

We Have Waited 2 Weeks And Still Can't Get An Answer On The Parts. One Dealer Told Us They Waited 45 Days For This Same Part.

Welcome to the site!! sorry to hear about the problems, but obviously the installer had NO idea what he was doing on the install of the beacon...And all the big 3 have problems!! I know of a couple of D-maxs that were in the shop the 13th and 14th of this month during the big storm in IL for head gasket problems, over heating problems and one had a tranny let go...Now I am a ford man and have always had Fords..my dad has had them his whole life and thats all we run, and we are currently looking to add another. I know of a couple 6.0s with 180k plus on them with no problems. pulling bobcats and what not every day......As far as the parts problem goes I can not explain that, every ford service experience I have had was timely, maybe it is a dealer problem??? Good luck...

As Far As The Hookup Of The Beacon I Think The Shop Knew What They Were Doing. They Work On Them All The Time And Hooked My Back Up Lights One Of The Other Switches A Year Ago.

As Far As The Parts Go The Dealer I Use Waited 40 Days For The Same Part For Another Truck. They Are Considered A Bigger Dealer Ship Because They Do Own Three Of Them. The Truck Is At Another Dealership Which Is The Biggest In Wny Because That Is Who The Truck Equiptment Place Deals With. If I Could Find A Easier Way I Would Have. I Really Didn't Want To Replace That Truck, But On The Flip Side Of Things I Need To Get Moving With Something. The Worst Part Of This Whole Thing Is The Regional Ford Rep Won't Return Any Phone Calls (me, The Dealership, My Dealership, Or The Truck Equipment Place) To Tell Us When He Thinks We Can Get The Part.

Sorry to hear about your problems.... But being a Chevy guy I gotta say welcome, I know its hard switching brands. Back when I used to work in the shop of a major construction company here in my home town we had a fleet of Fords. Even if I liked fords before I would have stopped after working on them. They were a pain in my butt. Oh well to each thier own I guess. I have to say....they DO look pretty.